Odds of getting into Sidwell

[Anonymous]

No Guarantee but it does help. Maybe it helps get off the WL unless the child is already very qualified.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crapshoot odds for each kid who applies unless a legacy family donating for years.

Nope, this is not a guarantee.

[Anonymous]

The legacy families we know at big 3 have the parent grads and grandparents donating for decades, consistently. Their kids come in at PK or K, or later on in lower school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Numbers game. You could cure AIDS and still be rejected.

For 9th grade at Sidwell, it's not actually a "numbers game." Don't make it sound like a lottery; it's not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?

Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Numbers game. You could cure AIDS and still be rejected.

For 9th grade at Sidwell, it's not actually a "numbers game." Don't make it sound like a lottery; it's not

What exactly is it then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.

LGBQT don’t get preference.

A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.

LGBQT don’t get preference.

A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.

Quaker’s believe in finding the God in Everything and Everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.

LGBQT don’t get preference.

A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.

Quaker and Catholic Schools could not be more different

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you hooked at the school? You don’t have the k-8 private school pipeline hook. Are you full pay (plus capital campaign for Sidwell), LGBQT, URM, legacy, athlete, otherwise connected? If not, get out that wide net.

LGBQT don’t get preference.

A Quaker school is a religious school. LGBQT preference would be very very doubtful....kind of like applying to a Catholic school.

Not all religions are anti-LGBTQ. The Presbyterian Church, the Episcopal Church, and the Quakers all welcome LGBT people so that's most of the non-Catholic religious schools that get discussed on this board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Numbers game. You could cure AIDS and still be rejected.

For 9th grade at Sidwell, it's not actually a "numbers game." Don't make it sound like a lottery; it's not

What exactly is it then?

It’s stack the deck game. Get all the top students in the DMV who have strong academics plus a super power (sport, EC, arts). Parent college legacy a plus too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD really wants to go to Sidwell for 9th grade. I did my research and see that for 9th they typically only have 40-50 slots open and receive 300 plus applicants. I would assume only kids with high GPAs and etc apply. How can your child stand out? I was told Sidwell doesn’t care if your child is an athlete. How true is this?

Is your family Quaker? Does your family attend Quaker meeting each Sunday? Have you been Quakers for years? Quaker schools came about to educate Quaker children
in the Quaker faith and still do so.

At 45k/yr, Sidwell is not a Quaker school.

[Anonymous]

Schools with a religious component can't be expensive? Sounds like a non-sequitur to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools with a religious component can't be expensive? Sounds like a non-sequitur to me.

The problem is their inner God shines brighter in the wealthier candidates, so that's not very Quaker.

[Anonymous]

What's un-Quaker about recognizing that applicants from wealthier families are more likely to help keep the school's operation financially sustainable?

[Anonymous]

Sidwell students are incredibly unathletic. If your child is an athlete, admission chances are very good.